The encoding-retrieval relationship: retrieval as mental simulation

@article{citeulike:2437710, abstract = {There is increasing evidence to suggest that mental simulations underlie many cognitive processes. We review results from three rapidly developing research areas suggesting that simulations underlie information retrieval. First, neuroimaging work indicates that cortical circuits that were activated during encoding are reactivated during retrieval. Second, retrieval is aided by behavioural re-enactment of processes involved in encoding, including re-enactment of encoding eye movements. Third, the time courses of encoding of visual features and the retrieval of information about those features are related. Overall, the evidence suggests that the often observed interactions between encoding and retrieval result from a cognitive system that, at least partially, reactivates processes that were involved in encoding to retrieve information.}, author = {Kent, Christopher and Lamberts, Koen }, citeulike-article-id = {2437710}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.12.004}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {encoding, eye-movement, general, memory-encoding, memory-recall}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {92--98}, posted-at = {2008-02-27 17:50:37}, priority = {2}, title = {The encoding-retrieval relationship: retrieval as mental simulation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.12.004}, volume = {12}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2437710 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2437710 TI - The encoding-retrieval relationship: retrieval as mental simulation JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 92 EP - 98 N2 - There is increasing evidence to suggest that mental simulations underlie many cognitive processes. We review results from three rapidly developing research areas suggesting that simulations underlie information retrieval. First, neuroimaging work indicates that cortical circuits that were activated during encoding are reactivated during retrieval. Second, retrieval is aided by behavioural re-enactment of processes involved in encoding, including re-enactment of encoding eye movements. Third, the time courses of encoding of visual features and the retrieval of information about those features are related. Overall, the evidence suggests that the often observed interactions between encoding and retrieval result from a cognitive system that, at least partially, reactivates processes that were involved in encoding to retrieve information. KW - encoding KW - eye-movement KW - general KW - memory-encoding KW - memory-recall AU - Kent, Christopher AU - Lamberts, Koen PY - 2008/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.12.004 ER -